Psalm 21:2
2 Thou hast given [nathan] him his heart's [leb]
desire, [ta'avah] and hast not withholden [mana`] the request ['aresheth] of
his lips. [saphah] Selah. [celah] KJV-Interlinear
2 Thou
hast given him his heart's desire, And Thou hast not withheld the request of
his lips. Selah. NASB
The hearts desire, is the
desire of that which is in the heart.
So what is the heart?
The heart is the symbolic
pump of the soul. It is the content of
that which you think on an ongoing basis.
Just as in the body, the
heart pumps and pumps and pumps non-stop, round the clock, twenty-four
seven. So also, the soul has a concept
heart and that is what you think non-stop, twenty-four seven. And even though you are asleep perhaps eight
hours each night, or whenever it is that you sleep, your soul never rests. It keeps on thinking and thinking and
thinking, even better than that little rabbit in the commercial.
So, what is it that you
think?
Well most folks think experiential
or academic thoughts, or whatever it is that you do day in and day out. Everything that you learn in this world,
everything that you experience, everything that you believe, everything that
you want or need or desire or are tempted by, all of these things make up the
content of your soul and thus the sum total of your hearts desire.
But what does God
honor? Does He honor the things of this
world, or the things of truth? And by
the way, what exactly is truth?
In the nut shell, truth
is everything that matches up perfectly, facts with reality. And in this universe God has put together
many truths, like chemistry or physics.
He put together things like the divine establishment principles of volition,
marriage, authority, freedom, liberty, freedom through military victory,
freedom of choice, nationalism and so forth.
He put together truths like salvation by faith, spirituality by
confession, spiritual construction by study and learning and application. He is truth.
He is the one and only living God.
He created truths like responsibility, accountability, obligation and charity
and support. God put together truths
like justice by law and fairness by its application.
God put together all of these
truths and many more, and for every truth, there is an equal and opposite lie,
which was authored by evil.
And when truth is
mis-interpreted, and becomes the promotion of the lie, then that is when
dysfunction and disorder begins to tear away at society and your individual
life.
God honors truth. Truth
is the content of the scriptures, which you learn through your daily study, but
remember that truth is a vast body of knowledge. The Bible contains a limited number of words,
verses, chapters and books, and can hardly be defined as vast. An encyclopedia has more content than the
Bible.
But through your learning
of doctrine, your eyes are opened up to the vast world of truth which you gain
discernment of, indirectly through your daily study.
God prepared a spiritual apparatus
by which your life can function as it was intended to function.
Salvation initiates that
apparatus, by the creation of your human spirit.
Confession places you in fellowship,
which allows the Holy Spirit to teach you and instruct you with doctrine,
filtering content through your human spirit, and transferring it down into your
soul, thus constructing your own personal fortress, your own personal temple,
your own personal presence before God the Father.
This opens up your eyes,
of understanding, opens up your ears of comprehension, opens up your life to a
light that hides nothing.
This includes your
knowledge of history, of your life, and how it all fits together. This all opens up your understanding to what
is important and what is not. This
places God first, doctrine first, the divine plan first and yourself last. This eliminates selfishness,
self-centeredness, arrogance, poor me thinking, and places your entire self in
Gods hands to allow Him to bring you to the point of victory, of which you can’t
even begin to imagine, but one day, will be overwhelmed with when you finally
see the completion of your life.
This allows you to grow
in faith and helps you to be able to manage and tolerate and live with whatever
circumstances you have or will face in this life, because God will bring you to
a better result.
So what is in your heart,
what comes off the tip of your tongue, what is it that you really want, what is
it that you really need? Something of
your own design, or something of Gods design?
